Podcast Episodes

Ear to the Ground 362: Regenerative Return

Episode 362

When Roy Pfaltzgraff returned to his family’s northeastern Colorado cropping operation in 2016, he was committed to making farming a fulltime endeavor that built resilient soil, supported the communi…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Ear to the Ground 334: Youth Movement

Episode 334

Farm Beginnings grad Marcos Giossi started his food-raising career as a teenager tilling soil on an old soccer field. Now he’s helping young urban farmers utilize a values-based decision making strat…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Ear to the Ground 361: Additive Vs. Extractive

Episode 361

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• LSL Review of Grain By Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food, by Bob Quinn & Liz Carlisle

• Quinn Institute

• LSP’s Community-Based Food Systems Web Pag…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Ear to the Ground 341: Seeds of Local Democracy

Episode 341

LSP’s political action partner, the Land Stewardship Action Fund, is working to show that vibrant rural communities require local people participating in decision-making — one vote at a time.

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Published on 10 months ago

Ear to the Ground 342: Ignoring the Red Dress

Episode 342

Wholesome Family Farms is known for juggling enough enterprises to overwhelm even the most ambitious farmer. But Rachelle Meyer says a “three-legged stool” strategy keeps them balanced. (First episod…

Published on 10 months ago

Ear to the Ground 343: Healthy Soil Vs. Plastic Worms

Episode 343

Clifford Johnson calls himself an “honest regenerative hypocrite,” which says a lot about his approach to building soil health on his family’s crop and livestock farm. (Second episode in a series on…

Published on 10 months ago

Ear to the Ground 344: Flerd is the Word

Episode 344

Poor soil, short growing seasons, and little infrastructure: beginning farmer George Heller is proving that a successful grazing operation doesn’t require optimal conditions. (Third episode in a seri…

Published on 10 months ago

Ear to the Ground 345: Grazing's Generational Jump

Episode 345

Rick Matt was flat on his back when it became evident how he and his son, Damien, could build an intergenerational farming operation based on soil health, diversity, and grazing. (Fourth episode in …

Published on 10 months ago

Ear to the Ground 346: Pasture Pixie Dust

Episode 346

The NRCS’s Jeff Duchene has set up grazing plans in 50 Minnesota counties, and has yet to find that proverbial “magic grass.” But he’s more convinced than ever that good management and good planning …

Published on 10 months ago

Ear to the Ground 347: Bite-by-Bite

Episode 347

Mapping a rural region’s “community food assets” reveals isolated islands of opportunity in a sea of corn and soybeans. LSP’s Scott DeMuth says now is the time to connect the dots and create a new re…

Published on 10 months ago